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...women's movement faces the much more complex, challenging and drawn-out task of turning at least some of its propositions into reality. Said Bella Abzug, presiding officer of the conference: "We are in the second stage, of action and political power." As delegates streamed home from the conference, they seemed to reinforce Abzug's message. Confirmed in their confidence, women vowed to place their interests on the political stage as never before. So, of course, did their more conservative opponents, who also returned home determined to speak out further...
...front of Houston's Albert Thomas Convention Center late last week in the strong hands of Tennis Star Billie Jean King. She was greeted by some 2,000 determined women chanting "ERA! ERA!"-for the Equal Rights Amendment. Puffed New York City's hefty Bella Abzug, who trotted the last stretch with Billie Jean: "We are here running for equality. We'll never run for cover on this journey...
...Organization for Women (N.O.W.), compliant "total women," housewives, antiabortionists. In a remarkable scene, three wives of Presidents-Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson-paid homage to the women's movement at the opening session as delegates waved handkerchiefs and colored balloons. Feminist celebrities included Conference Chairwoman Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Susan B. Anthony II. On the other side of Houston, more than 15,000 women who opposed feminist goals gathered in a counterconference. Said Phyllis Schlafly, the Alton, Ill., housewife and law student who has become the spearhead of U.S. antifeminism: "If people really find...
...Abzug, who had been the front runner in the polls for nine months, was the most passionate and liberal of the candidates. She backed up her promise to fight the city's economic shrinkage with detailed proposals, campaigning with her usual brio in every neighborhood. In a more conventional race, she would probably have finished at or close to the top. But instead of the predicted one-third turnout, a record 48% of the city's 1.9 million eligible Democratic voters went to the polls, and in the process made a hash of the pre-election surveys. Both...
...long election night, only three percentage points separated the top four candidates: Koch, 20%; Cuomo, 19%; Beame, 18%; Abzug, 17%. For Koch, 52, and Cuomo, 45, the first-round results meant a tough play-off for their party's nomination. The two come from similar backgrounds, agree on more substantive questions than not, and contrast mostly in their personalities and styles...